Lead Characters

When they were ten and eight years of age, Anthony and his best friend, Colin Ames-Beaumont, performed a blood-brother ceremony with the Doyen’s sword. Many years later, Anthony was a physician during the Napoleonic wars, and was attacked by a nosferatu on the battlefield. Michael appeared, and gave him an opportunity to become a Guardian — but only six months passed before Anthony was sent back to England to protect Colin and his sister, Emily, from the nosferatu seeking the sword. His blood is tainted by the Doyen’s sword.

The daughter of the earl of Norbridge, Emily has led a sheltered and pampered existence. But when most of her family is killed in a fire, leaving the future earl under her care, she has to change her priorities — and try to protect herself from the frightening creature her brother has become. Her blood is tainted by the Doyen’s sword.

As a human, Lilith made a bargain with Lucifer to save her life, and became a demon halfling, bound in unending service to Hell. A master of deception, she led the damned to their deaths for a thousand years. In 1217, she defied Lucifer by saving the life of Hugh, a young knight, and was Punished with torture in the Pit of Hell. When she returned from Hell, she and Hugh — now a Guardian — spent eight hundred years battling each other physically and emotionally, until he Fell in 1991. Lilith joined the FBI as Lily Milton, using her position to cover up demonic activity, and established a close friendship with the vampire Colin Ames-Beaumont.

Following the events of DEMON ANGEL in 2007, Lilith became the head of Special Investigations. She lives in San Francisco with Hugh Castleford and her hellhound, Sir Pup. She still loves to lie.

A young idealistic knight, Hugh is challenged and intrigued by Lilith before he discovers her true nature. When he sacrifices himself to save the life of another, he becomes a Guardian, and is determined to save Lilith’s soul. Gifted with the power of Truth, he is impervious to her lies and manipulations. He also becomes a mentor to many Guardian novices, and one of the Doyen’s most trusted advisors. However, after eight hundred years, he loses his faith and Falls.

Human again, Hugh becomes a professor of literature in a San Francisco university. His book, LILITH, recounting his life as a Guardian and relationship with the demon Lilith, is published by his adopted sister, Savi Murray, and is the basis for the DemonSlayer card and video games. When several of his students are killed in demonic rituals, Hugh becomes a suspect in the investigation.

After DEMON ANGEL, Hugh Castleford becomes co-director of Special Investigations, and acts as mentor to novice Guardians. He lives in San Francisco with Lilith and Sir Pup. Although he no longer has his Gift, he can perceive lies when they are spoken to him.

Selah was transformed into a Guardian after saving a member of her family from a demon. As a novice, she was mentored by Hugh; now, as an accomplished warrior and one of the few Guardians with the Gift of teleportation, she is a key member of the Guardian corps.

Note: If Selah teleports with Colin Ames-Beaumont, she cannot control her destination; they will teleport to the Chaos realm, and as long as she is touching him, she cannot leave the realm. She cannot teleport to the Chaos realm without using Colin or the Doyen’s Sword as an anchor.

A police officer, then a lawyer before he was transformed into a nosferatu-born vampire, Lucas leads the vampire community in Ashland, Oregon, and helps guard the Gate to Caelum that lies just outside the city of Ashland.

With his blood tainted by the Doyen’s Sword, Colin Ames-Beaumont’s transformation to nosferatu-born vampire leaves him with unusual abilities: he is far stronger than the typical nosferatu-born vampire, able to withstand small amounts of sunlight and does not succumb to the daysleep, and possesses a powerful psychic presence that turns his natural handsomeness into preternatural beauty. However, the power of his bite — though blissful for his victim — also leaves his victims with no memory of him, and he still succumbs to the power of bloodlust.

While visiting a friend in Switzerland in 1816, the vain Colin invoked a curse that erased his mirror reflection, replacing it with visions of Chaos. His tainted blood also serves as an anchor that realm.

After the events of DEMON MOON, Colin lives in San Francisco with his partner, Savi Murray. He owns Ramsdell Pharmaceuticals and Polidori’s nightclub, and is the head of the San Francisco vampire community. He and Savi act as ambassadors for the Guardians to other vampire communities.

When she was a girl, Savi witnessed her family murdered by a gunman, but was saved by the then-Guardian Hugh Castleford. After their deaths, she lived with her Indian grandmother (Nani, aka Auntie) and together, they adopted Hugh into their family.

Unaware that everything in Hugh’s book was real, Savi created a card game, and then a video game, based on LILITH. When she does discover the truth, she remains skeptical but curious — and after a nosferatu attack on an airplane leaves her blood tainted with hellhound venom and nosferatu blood, Lilith recruits her into Special Investigations, where Savi uses her photographic memory, computer hacking skills, and her affinity for electronics to track demons and create new devices to assist vampires and Guardians in their fight against demons and nosferatu.

After the events of DEMON MOON, Savi lives in San Francisco with her partner Colin, continues to work at Special Investigations and Polidori’s, and has a weak anchor to Chaos.

Loves her sister, music, telling stories, sitting on her balcony, knitting, and squashing her needier impulses. Although she’s interested in her new neighbor, she isn’t sure she’s ready to look over the wall that separates them. She can’t spell or cook, but she’s got great hair and a fantastic right hook.

ANNIE GALLAGHER, “Thicker Than Blood”

Origin: Philadelphia
Aliases and nicknames: Anne Douglas
Date of Birth:
First appearance: “Thicker Than Blood” in FIRST BLOOD
Also appears in: N/A

Affiliations: the Philadelphia vampire community

JACK HARRINGTON, “Thicker Than Blood”

Origin: Philadelphia
Date of Birth:
First appearance: “Thicker Than Blood” in FIRST BLOOD
Also appears in: N/A

As a human, Jake Hawkins was a soldier in Vietnam, but was killed in service in 1968. After becoming a Guardian, Jake was mentored by Hugh, but after Hugh returned to Earth, Jake became Drifter’s pupil. In early 2008, once again under Hugh Castleford’s tutelage, he spends most of his time training, downloading porn, playing poker, and working with Savi in the tech room at Special Investigations.

Also known as the Black Widow, Alice spends most of her time away from Caelum — but when she is in that realm, she is the unofficial librarian in the Archives. She and Drifter were transformed into Guardians within years of each other, and both trained under Hugh. Her Gift allows her to communicate with spiders.

Other Guardians and allies

SIR PUP

Lilith’s hellhound and devoted companion, Sir Pup serves as her protection and provides hellhound venom to the vampires and Guardians at Special Investigations. In public, Sir Pup shifts into a dog form with one head; at Lilith’s home and at Special Investigations, he wears his natural, three-headed form. When he needs to, he can shift into a demon form: as tall as a man, with scales and barbed spikes instead of fur.

Sir Pup has a keen intelligence and, like Lilith, a twisted sense of humor.

A Guardian, Bradshaw has the Gift of creating a psychic mask that allows him to pass for a human, even when undergoing a deep psychic probe. Bradshaw is now the Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s San Francisco office.

Jeeves guards the entrance to the Special Investigations warehouse. Jeeves is not an actual person — novices take turns shape-shifting into his form and taking on his personality: a stuffy British butler.

First appearance: DEMON MOON
Also appears in: DEMON NIGHT

IRENA

A Guardian with a Gift for manipulating metal. Except for Michael, Irena is the oldest Guardian.

A novice Guardian undergoing training at Special Investigations, Pim has only recently discovered her Gift for healing. She is good friends with Jake Hawkins, Mackenzie and Becca, and deals a mean hand of poker.

Michael is the first Guardian, and the most powerful. He destroyed the dragon during the Second Battle between the angels and demons. Unlike other Guardians, who only possess one Gift, Michael can heal, teleport, and create new Guardians. His wings are black, and his eyes turn completely obsidian — no Guardian or demon can emulate his appearance by shape-shifting.

Michael uses his blood to write the Scrolls in Latin, and can read the demon symbols. When a Guardian Falls, Michael carries out the transformation back to human; when a Guardian Ascends, Michael obliterates their corporeal form.

Michael cannot heal wounds from a dragon bite. He cannot teleport to Chaos without an anchor. His age is unknown.

Old Matthew Cole owns Cole’s Hard Time Bar & Grill in Seattle. He spent twenty-five years in prison before his conviction was overturned.

First appearance: DEMON NIGHT
Also appears in: DEMON BOUND

DETECTIVE TAYLOR

Andy Taylor is a San Francisco detective who, along with her partner, Joe Preston, investigated the ritual murders of several university students. She has learned the truth about Guardians and demons, but has not been able to accept the knowledge very well. She often butts heads with Lilith, who uses Special Investigations to take over any case involving demons, nosferatu, and vampires.

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